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Nederlandse pensioenfondsen verliezen miljoenen door omvallen Amerikaanse bank

NOS Nieuws•Vandaag, 17:47  Maandag 13 maart Nederlandse pensioenbeheerders verliezen bijna 140 miljoen euro door het faillissement van de Amerikaanse Silicon Valley Bank. Zij hadden aandelen in de start-upbank die vrijdag failliet is gegaan. De Amerikaanse overheid sprong dit weekend in waardoor rekeninghouders sinds vandaag weer bij hun geld kunnen. Maar de aandeelhouders worden niet beschermd door het garantiestelsel. “Zij hebben bewust risico ...

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Ghana must prioritize tree crop subsector to wean off dependency on IMF – Afriyie Akoto

Business News of Monday, 13 March 2023 Source: kasapafmonline.com Former Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto The immediate-past Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto is confident that prioritising the tree crop sub-sector will enable Ghana wean itself off financial dependency on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other bilateral donors. According to him, if Ghana had started this journey decades ...

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Ex-gratia: Who are the Article 71 officeholders?

General News of Monday, 13 March 2023 Some Article 71 officeholders Ex-gratia and Article 71 officeholders have become some of the most frequently used words in Ghana following ex-President John Dramani Mahama‘s promise to scrap the former when he becomes president again. But what does ex-gratia mean? This article looks at what ex-gratia is and what the 1992 Constitution of Ghana ...

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FULL TEXT: President Akufo-Addo’s state of the nation address

Business News of Wednesday, 8 March 2023   President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo was in Parliament to present the 2023 state of the nation address on March 8, 2023. The President stated that the address will be a slight digression from the usual state of the nation addresses in former years due to the state of Ghana’s economy. He said: ...

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Ghana Card use as E-Passport on the rise as KIA records 1,089 arrivals in 2022

General News of Tuesday, 28 February 2023 Source: peacefmonline.com File photo of Ghana Card sample The use of the Ghana Card as an electronic travel document by Ghanaians arriving in the country is on the rise, data by the Ghana Immigration Service shows. The biometric national identity card was officially certified by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) as meeting the ...

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Ghanaians abroad will pay between US$20 and US$50 for Ghana Card – NIA CEO

  Ghanaian nationals are required to pay between $20 and $50 to have their cards   The Chief Executive Officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah has disclosed that Ghanaian nationals abroad who seek to acquire a Ghana Card will have to make some financial commitments. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s morning show “Kokrokoo”, ...

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MP’s criminal case: Your application is an abuse of court processes – SC to Tsikata

Regional News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh Tsatsu Tsikata An attempt by the lawyers of the embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, led by Tsatsu Tsikata for leave to file an additional ground to their review application has failed. Following the Supreme court’s dismissal of an earlier application challenging a High Court ruling in his criminal trial, James ...

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Nobody can stop government business in parliament – Majority Leader

Osei Bonsu Amoah, Minister of State-Designate, Ministry of Local Government, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated unequivocally that no one in Parliament can obstruct government business. The leader, who is also the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, made these remarks in his closing remarks after Electoral Commission officials explained why they wanted to use the Ghana card as the sole form of identification for ...

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Ghana card will not be used to vote in 2024 – Jean Mensa

General News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC The chairperson of the electoral commission, Jean Mensa, has stated that the Ghana Card will not be used to vote in the 2024 general elections. According to her, the Ghana Card is only a requirement to register as a voter. “I wish to emphasize that the Ghana ...

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IMF deal: Chinese delegation in Ghana as government restructures external debts

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence that with the cooperation Government is receiving from members of the Paris Club and China, it would be able to conclude finally an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, (IMF) by the end of March. President Akufo-Addo said the Chinese Government has sent a delegation from China’s Eximbank to Accra, over the ...

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